English
Related papers

Related papers: A Tutorial on Near-Field XL-MIMO Communications To…

200 papers

Massive MIMO is a new technique for wireless communications that claims to offer very high system throughput and energy efficiency in multi-user scenarios. The cost is to add a very large number of antennas at the base station. Theoretical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-23 Àlex Oliveras Martínez , Elisabeth De Carvalho , Jesper Ødum Nielsen

Massive antenna arrays form physically large apertures with a beam-focusing capability, leading to outstanding wireless power transfer (WPT) efficiency paired with low radiation levels outside the focusing region. However, leveraging these…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-28 Benjamin J. B. Deutschmann , Thomas Wilding , Maximilian Graber , Klaus Witrisal

Multiple antenna technologies have attracted large research interest for several decades and have gradually made their way into mainstream communication systems. Two main benefits are adaptive beamforming gains and spatial multiplexing,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-26 Jiayi Zhang , Emil Björnson , Michail Matthaiou , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Hong Yang , David J. Love

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is crucial for satisfying the high data rate requirements of the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. In this context, ensuring accurate acquisition of channel state…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-27 Hao Lei , Jiayi Zhang , Zhe Wang , Bo Ai , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Distributed multiple-input multiple-output (D\mbox{-}MIMO) is a promising technology to realize the promise of massive MIMO gains by fiber-connecting the distributed antenna arrays, thereby overcoming the form factor limitations of…

The sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication network is expected to integrate the terrestrial, aerial, and maritime communications into a robust network which would be more reliable, fast, and can support a massive number of devices…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-19 Muhammad Waseem Akhtar , Syed Ali Hassan , Rizwan Ghaffar , Haejoon Jung , Sahil Garg , M. Shamim Hossain

Multiple-antenna technologies are advancing toward the development of extremely large aperture arrays and the utilization of extremely high frequencies, driving the progress of next-generation multiple access (NGMA). This evolution is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Chongjun Ouyang , Zhaolin Wang , Yan Chen , Xidong Mu , Peiying Zhu

Terahertz ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output (THz UM-MIMO) is envisioned as one of the key enablers of 6G wireless systems. Due to the joint effect of its array aperture and small wavelength, the near-field region of THz UM-MIMO…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-28 Wentao Yu , Yifei Shen , Hengtao He , Xianghao Yu , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

In this paper, we propose to employ a modular-based movable extremely large-scale array (XL-array) at Alice for enhancing covert communication performance. Compared with existing work that mostly considered either far-field or near-field…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-12 Chao Zhou , Changsheng You , Cong Zhou , Hai Lin , Yi Gong

In conventional multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), static array configurations struggle in dynamic environments, and further antenna scaling is bounded by cost, energy, and footprint. Emerging approaches, which can enable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Zhe Wang , Jiayi Zhang , Bokai Xu , Wenhui Yi , Emil Björnson , Bo Ai

The principal distinction in transitioning from far-field multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems to near-field MIMO configurations lies in the notable augmentation of spatial degrees of freedom (DoF). This increase is not…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-01 Shuaishuai Guo , Kaiqian Qu , Shuping Dang

Massive MIMO is envisioned as a promising technology for 5G wireless networks due to its high potential to improve both spectral and energy efficiency. Although the massive MIMO system is based on innovations in the physical layer, the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Mingjie Feng , Shiwen Mao

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems, operating in the near-field region due to their massive antenna arrays, are key enablers of next-generation wireless communications but face significant challenges in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-02 Tianqi Mao , Haiyang Li , Shufeng Tan , Pengyu Wang , Guangyao Liu , Ruiqi Liu , Leyi Zhang , Meng Hua , Dezhi Zheng , Zhaocheng Wang , Sheng Chen

In this paper, channel estimation problem for extremely large-scale multi-input multi-output (XL-MIMO) systems is investigated with the considerations of the spherical wavefront effect and the spatially non-stationary (SnS) property. Due to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Anzheng Tang , Jun-Bo Wang , Yijin Pan , Wence Zhang , Yijian Chen , Hongkang Yu , Rodrigo C. de Lamare

Envisioned as one of the most promising technologies, holographic multiple-input multiple-output (H-MIMO) recently attracts notable research interests for its great potential in expanding wireless possibilities and achieving fundamental…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-16 Tierui Gong , Li Wei , Chongwen Huang , Zhijia Yang , Jiguang He , Mérouane Debbah , Chau Yuen

Millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input-multi-output (MIMO) is now a reality with great potential for further improvement. We study full-duplex transmissions as an effective way to improve mmWave MIMO systems. Compared to half-duplex…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Mehdi Sattari , Hao Guo , Deniz Gündüz , Ashkan Panahi , Tommy Svensson

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are expected to play a crucial role in the 5G wireless communication systems. These advanced systems, which are being deployed since 2021, offer significant advantages over conventional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-16 Amirsadegh Roshanzamir

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems are a key technology for future wireless networks, but the large array aperture naturally creates a hybrid-field (HF) propagation regime in which far-field (FF)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-04 David William Marques Guerra , Taufik Abrao

This paper investigates the uplink channel estimation of the millimeter-wave (mmWave) extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) communication system in the beam-delay domain, taking into account the near-field and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Hongwei Hou , Xuan He , Tianhao Fang , Xinping Yi , Wenjin Wang , Shi Jin

With the evolution of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology toward extremely large (XL) MIMO systems comprising hundreds of, or more, antennas, this work investigates scalable and fronthaul-efficient reception design for the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-24 Dogon Kim , Hyunmin Noh , Seok-Hwan Park